Julius Meyer Indian Wigwam, 1878
A Jewish immigrant from Prussia, Julius Meyer followed his brothers to Omaha in the 1860s and made contact with various Indigenous nations in the region. Meyer said he ...
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America Birth Certificate
Everyone dreams of finding buried treasure. But imagine going to your local flea market and finding a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence. That’s just what ...
“Because I Was a Woman”: Ruth Bryan Owen and Her American Citizenship
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
In the early 20th century, women’s citizenship depended on their spouse’s status. Many women lost their US citizenship by ...
Why are the curbs so high?
This 1902 Kearney photo shows a growing city that is no longer a frontier town. Some of the old false-front wooden buildings remain, but we also see a substantial ...
May Day a Snow Day in 1911
Many Nebraskans, after enjoying spring weather only a few days earlier, spent May 1 of 1911 wading through snow and shoveling the white stuff off their ...
Malcolm X in Omaha, 1964
By David L. Bristow, Editor
The Omaha World-Herald reporter seemed surprised that Malcolm X smiled so much. The famous activist was not “the surly, ...
Sugar beet farming, circa 1940
Nebraska is known for corn and cattle, but sugar beets have long been a major crop in the North Platte Valley. Here are scenes from the farm of brothers Glenn and ...
Racial Politics at UNO
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
African American students fought to seize their “educational destiny” in the 1960s, but history has been slow to acknowledge ...
How Eliza Grayson escaped Nebraska slavery
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Eliza Grayson was one of the very first enslaved people brought to Nebraska when the territory opened to white settlers in 1854. ...
Nebraska Statehood Launched in Troubled Times
On March 1, 1867, President Andrew Johnson reluctantly signed the proclamation declaring Nebraska’s statehood. The signing ended the life of a territory which ...
Dust in the Wind
Ten thousand books. Three-hundred-and-twenty hours. Four vacuum cleaners. One suitcase full of bricks. That is what it took to clean up after a construction ...
Nebraska’s Lake Monster- Giganticus Brutervious
Swimmers in Nebraska ponds, lakes, and waterways face typical summer hazards such as sunburns, snapping turtles, and thunderstorms, but at least they don’t have to ...
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